that some people don't know what you get if you mix two colours...it's something I've known since before I can remember.
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because if the red is a little bit inclined towards purple and the yellow is a little bit inclined towards green, you end up with sludge. Orange only really comes from orange-red mixed with orange-yellow. And then there's mixing coloured lights, which is completely counter-intuitive.
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Sun 20 Jan 2008, 10:28,
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